World’s First Lithium Powered Car has (300 mile range)
....A company called Hybrid Technologies has introduced the World’s first vehicle powered only by a lithium Polymer battery, and it could make gas-electric hybrids obsolete and change the automotive industry forever.
....Until now most all Hybrid and fully Electric Vehicles were powered by Nickel Metal Hydride batteries, the technology was relatively cheap and expectable for the high demands placed on automobiles, but engineers knew that NMH batteries were not near effective enough to power an average size vehicle for a trip over 100 miles on their own.
....Hybrid Technologies uses a revolutionary new Lithium Polymer Battery made by Kokam corporation. The company plans to market their new method of propulsion in Daimler Chrysler’s Smart Car, but says any car can be modified to use the system. The advanced Lithium Polymer Batteries can propel the the 1,700 pound Smart Car for an impressive 300 miles on a single charge, which brings it up to the range of a standard gasoline powered passenger car. Top speed is 100 miles per hour, and to fully charge the vehicle will take 5 hours. The Smart Car’s cost per per mile should be around 2¢, which is equivalent to 40¢ per gallon of gasoline. Initial cost will be $35,000, but that price will drop as volumes increase.
....Until now most all Hybrid and fully Electric Vehicles were powered by Nickel Metal Hydride batteries, the technology was relatively cheap and expectable for the high demands placed on automobiles, but engineers knew that NMH batteries were not near effective enough to power an average size vehicle for a trip over 100 miles on their own.
....Hybrid Technologies uses a revolutionary new Lithium Polymer Battery made by Kokam corporation. The company plans to market their new method of propulsion in Daimler Chrysler’s Smart Car, but says any car can be modified to use the system. The advanced Lithium Polymer Batteries can propel the the 1,700 pound Smart Car for an impressive 300 miles on a single charge, which brings it up to the range of a standard gasoline powered passenger car. Top speed is 100 miles per hour, and to fully charge the vehicle will take 5 hours. The Smart Car’s cost per per mile should be around 2¢, which is equivalent to 40¢ per gallon of gasoline. Initial cost will be $35,000, but that price will drop as volumes increase.
“A 300 mile Electric makes Hybrids look complicated and Fuel Cells unnecessary”
April 26, 06
